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1. Know Your Local Government
Lesson Plan :AELP-GOV0024 Know Your Local Government An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Submitted by: Peg Stout School or Affiliation: Anchorage School District, Anchorage, Alaska Endorsed by: These lesson plans are the result of the work of the teachers who have attended the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshop. CEC is a consortium of teacher from 14 western states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural, western...

2. Cabela's Iditarod - Education Expedition - Lesson 2
...s east. The top left-hand corner is northwest. The Dogs The bottom left-hand corner is southwest. The top right-hand corner is northeast. The bottom right-hand corner is southwest. Make sense? Good. Now answer these questions based on the map: Jeff King The Assignment 1. What direction is Nome from Anchorage "as the crow flies?" ("As the crow flies" is an expression that means in a straight line from point to point) 2. The journey from Takotna to Cripple will take you through Idita-Rider what checkpoint? 3. The journey from Kaltag to Unalakleet will take you in which direction? 4. Although the journey f...

3. Getting There
...om animal skins. Whalers and trappers came by ship. Prospectors tried to get to the gold fields of the Yukon on steep trails like the Chilkoat on foot or with mules. Building a railroad along this same route proved a challenging and dangerous feat. A railroad was built to connect the main cities of Anchorage and Fairbanks but many lived in remote bush towns or islands. Pilots who are skilled at landing on dirt runways or on frozen lakes bring food, medicine, mail, and contact with the outside world. Today two highways lead to Alaska, one by land and one by sea. The land route is the 1,520 mile Alaska Hi...

4. Name: Hank Matthys, Dan Garwood.
...1.html name: _________________________________ Directions: Next to each city listed below describe the reason for the climate in that city according to your studies on climate. Then discuss amoung within your group which city is most likely the city you would want to live in. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A. Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. Reykjavik, Iceland.

5. Alaskan Earthquake of 1964
...second wave hit at 6:20 p.m. cresting seventeen feet above normal water level. It carried boats, docks, houses, and six-ton harbor buoys into the town. During the night eight more waves pounded Kodiak's shore. Eight people died. There was $25 million of property damage. Kodiak was dropped 32 feet. Anchorage was the largest town affected. It had damage due to glacial settling and two landslides. The glacial settling occurred when a peak on the Chugach Mountain next to Sherman Glacier shattered. A five hundred-foot section of the mountain sheared away and fell covering the glacier with debris. The landsl...

6. The Official Site of the Iditarod®
...e 12/01/2007 2008 - Rohn Buser Runs FREE to Nome 12/01/2007 2008 - Silvia Willis FREE Runs Again Read more articles Iditarod Race Coverage 01/10/2008 Warming Forces Iditarod Changes 01/10/2008 IDITAROD ANNOUNCES START AND RESTART CHANGES 12/20/2007 Iditarod Visionary: Joe Redington Sr. opens at the Anchorage Museum Gear Up for the 2008 Iditarod: 2008 Baseball Cap Ride in Iditarod XXXVI Zuma's Blog Presenting Sponsors See All Sponsors Jr. Iditarod © 2008 Iditarod Trail Committee, Inc. Contact Us Privacy Policy Site Map Iditarod Insider? Site Credits

7. Study of Alaska
Information Institute of Syracuse _ Printer friendly text Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Lesson Plan :AELP-GGR0029 Copyright Statement A Study of Alaska An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Submitted by: Rosie Tenge School or Affiliation: Anchorage School Dist., Anchorage, AK Endorsed by: These lesson plans are the result of the work of the teachers who have attended the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshop. CEC is a consortium of teacher from 14 western states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural, western, Unite...

8. The Great Race: From Anchorage to Nome
...sciplinary Math Phys Ed Science Social Sciences Special Ed Vocational Ed Submit Lesson Guidelines Join Newsletter Lesson Planning Resources Featured Programs E-Learning Home > Teacher Lesson Plans > Archives > Technology, Life Sciences, History > Lesson Plan L E S S O N P L A N The Great Race: From Anchorage to Nome Teacher Lesson Subjects Applied Math Arithmetic Measurement Health Our Bodies Social Studies Geography Grades 6-12 Brief Description The year is 1925. Serum must get to Nome within six days to save the community from diphtheria. An Iditarod problem-solving quest for students! Objectives Stud...

9. Quickly Go the Days
...o Iditarod Brrrr eathes Life Into Tired Curriculum (Brrrr!) Subjects Educational Technology Mathematics Applied Math Arithmetic Measurement Statistics Science Physical Science + Earth Science Social Studies Geography Grades 3-5 6-8 9-12 Brief Description An Iditarod mapping activity illustrates why Anchorage, Alaska, has less daylight than cities in the continental U.S. Objectives Students will understand the science behind day and night. understand that the amount of daylight decreases the farther you are from the sun/equator. use online tools to calculate daylight in different places. create tables or...

10. Settling Disputes
Settling Disputes Marilyn F. Goentzel Lake Otis Elementary School Anchorage, AK 89079 INTRODUCTION OF LESSON: DAY 1 1. Discuss how our actions affect others, both positively and negatively. Example: When a student disrupts the class during a lesson it forces the teacher to correct the student thereby interrupting the lesson. 2. Class discussion on why society has rules (law...